Gulmurod Khalimov

Gulmurod Khalimov (14 April 1975-) was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, leading OMON security forces.

Biography
Gulmurod Khalimov was born on 14 April 1975 in Varzob, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union. Khalimov became a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Ministry of the Interior's OMON security forces, and he was trained by the United States in counter-terrorist activities from 2003 to 2014. In April 2015, he left for Iraq to join the Islamic State, defecting to the Islamists for "mercenary means", according to the Tajik government. After the death of Abu Omar al-Shishani on 10 July 2016, Khalimov became the new commander of ISIS forces in Iraq.